Birds Return As the Tide Recedes

We left it a bit too long after the hide tide to take a walk along The Walls at Manningtree so most of the birds were a fair distance away except for this Black-tailed Godwit collecting small animals on the shingle close to us. The camouflage is so good it was hard to see without going in close with the lens. The Turnstones and Jackdaws were much more confiding and Black-headed Gulls, Lesser Black-Backed Gulls and Redshank also showed.

Antigua Day 3 Around the Resort: Hummingbirds!!

One of my aims was to get Hummingbird images while we are here. On Friday morning, I managed flight images of the two species - each with its faults, which I would like to improve on but, from experience, it is often the first ones that remain in the memory. 1, 2. Antillean Crested Hummingbird 3-6. Green Throated Carib 7. Banaquit showing use of Beak to take nectar from base of flower 8. Black-faced Grassquit female eating dates 9,10 Two fungi species

Exotic Birds Near Leeds

Lothbury Hall, part of Leeds Museums, has a house and chapel to explore (blog post to follow) and gardens including a bird garden.With over 480 individual birds, from more than 130 different species, the Bird Garden is a premier collection of rare and endangered birdlife. Here a few of the residents. The Great Grey and Burrowing Owls were particularly active.

Fulmars at Skogafoss and the Bird Out-Takes

On a few occasions, I regretted not having a long enough lens with me to do justice to the birds in their surroundings. The Fulmars were spectacular as they flew across the front of the waterfall (taken in the rain!!). Lots of Snow Buntings enjoying scraps. My favourite image is the last one but unfortunately a grabbed shot and not quite fast enough shutterspeed to capture the Oystercatchers flock - maybe a soft print on soft paper might work?